“Then David fled from Nahoth and Ramah and went and said to Jonathan, What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father that he seeks my life?”
1 Samuel 20
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1Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?"
“Then David fled from Naoth and Ramah and came and said to Jonathan. What have I done? What is my iniquity and what is my sin before your father that he is seeking my life.”
2"Far from it!" Jonathan replied. "You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!"
“Jonathan said to him, by no means, you shall not die. Indeed, my father will do nothing, either great or small, without first telling me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? And it's not so.”
3But David again vowed, "Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, 'Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.' As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death."
“And David swore moreover and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes. And he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But as truly as the Lord lives, and as thy soul lives, there is…”
“Then David took an oath again and said, your father certainly knows that I've found favor in your eyes. And he says, do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there's…”
4Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you desire, I will do for you."
“Then Jonathan said to David, whatever you say, I will do for you.”
“so Jonathan said to David, whatever you yourself desire, I'll do it for you.”
5So David told him, "Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.
“David said to Jonathan, Indeed, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third day at evening.”
“So David said to Jonathan, behold, tomorrow is the new moon. I ought to sit down and eat with the king. But let me go that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening.”
6If your father misses me at all, tell him, 'David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.'
“If your father misses me at all. Then say david earnestly asked leave of me to run to bethlehem his city because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.”
“If your father misses me at all, then say, David, earnestly ask permission of me that he might run over to Bethlehem, his city. For there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.”
7If he says, 'Good,' then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
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8Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?"
“therefore deal kindly with your servant for you have brought your servant into a what? A covenant of the lord with you. But if there is sin or iniquity in me. Put me to death yourself. For why then should you bring me to your…”
“therefore Thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant Jonathan talking now for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee Notwithstanding if there be in me iniquity Slay me thyself for why shouldest thou…”
“Therefore, you so deal kindly with your servant, for you brought your servant into a covenant of the Lord with you. Nevertheless, if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself. For why should you bring me to your father,”
9"Never!" Jonathan replied. "If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?"
“Jonathan said, far be it from you. For if I knew certainly that evil was determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you?”
10Then David asked Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?"
“Then David said to Jonathan, who will tell me? Or what if your father answers you roughly?”
11"Come," he replied, "let us go out to the field." So the two of them went out into the field,
“And Jonathan said unto David, come and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.”
“and Jonathan. Jonathan said unto David come and let us go out in the field and they went out both of them Into the field.”
12and Jonathan said, "By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
“Then Jonathan said to David, the Lord God of Israel is witness. When I sounded out my father sometime tomorrow or the third day, and indeed there is good toward David and I do not send to you and tell you,”
13But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
“may the Lord do so and much more to Jonathan. But if it pleases my father to do you evil, then I will report it to you and send you away that you may go in safety and the Lord be with you as he has been with my father.”
“if it pleased my father to do you harm may the Lord do so to Jonathan me more. Also if I do not make it known to you and send you away that you may go in safety and may the Lord be with you as he's been with my father.”
14And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD's loving devotion, that I may not die,
“And thou shalt not only quiet yet I live, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not.”
15and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David's enemies from the face of the earth."
“but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever. No, not when the Lord has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”
16So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD hold David's enemies accountable."
“So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David saying, let the Lord require it at the hand of David's enemies.”
“So verse 16, Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the Lord require it at the hand of David's enemies.”
“so Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David saying let the Lord even require it at the hands of David's enemies.”
“So Jonathan made a covenant with the host of David, saying, Let the Lord even require it at the hand of David's enemies.”
“so David made a covenant with the house of David saying may the Lord require it at the hands of David's enemies.”
17And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.
“And Jonathan called David to swear it again, because he loved him. For he loved him as he loved his own soul.”
18Then Jonathan said to David, "Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed if your seat is empty.
“Then Jonathan said to David, tomorrow is the new moon and you will be missed because your seat will be empty.”
“Then Jonathan said to him, tomorrow is the new moon. And you will be missed because your seat will be empty.”
“Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the new moon, and thou shalt be missed because thy seat will be empty.”
19When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.
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20I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.
“Then I will shoot three arrows to the side of it as though I shot at a target.”
21Then I will send a boy and say, 'Go, find the arrows!' Now, if I expressly say to him, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,' then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
“And there I will send a lad saying, go find the arrows. If I expressly say to him, look, the arrows are on this side of you. Get them and come. Then if the Lord lives, there's safety for you and no harm.”
22But if I say to the young man, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.
“But if I say thus to the young man, look, the arrows are beyond you. Go your way for the Lord has sent you away.”
23And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever."
“as for the agreement of which you and I have spoken behold. The lord is between you and me forever.”
“And as for the matter of which you and I have spoken of indeed, the Lord be between you and me.”
24So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.
“David hid in the field. And when the new moon had come, the king sat down to eat the feast.”
“So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food.”
“So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon was come, the king sat down to eat meat.”
25He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David's place was empty.
“The king sat on his seat as usual. The seat by the wall. Then Jonathan rose up and Abner sat down by Saul's side. But David's place was empty.”
“Now, the king sat on a seat, as at other times, on a seat by the wall. Jonathan rose and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty.”
26Saul said nothing that day because he thought, "Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean."
“Nevertheless, Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought something has happened to him. He is unclean. Surely he is unclean.”
27But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David's place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, "Why hasn't the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?"
“It happened on the next day, the second day of the month, that David's place was empty. And Saul said to Jonathan, his son, why has the son of Jesse not come to eat either yesterday or today?”
28Jonathan answered, "David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
“Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.”
29saying, 'Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.' That is why he did not come to the king's table."
“He said, please let me go for our family has a sacrifice in the city and my brother has commanded me to be there. And now if I've found favor in your eyes, please let me get away and see my brothers. Therefore, he's not come to…”
30Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, "You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
“Then Saul's anger was aroused against Jonathan. And he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious woman. Do I not know that you've chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?”
31For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!"
“For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Now, therefore, send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”
32"Why must he be put to death?" Jonathan replied. "What has he done?"
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33Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
“Then Saul cast a spear at him to kill him, by which Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to kill David.”
34Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father's shameful treatment of David.
“So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger and ate no food the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.”
35In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.
“And it came to pass in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David and a little lad with him.”
“And so it was in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him.”
36He said to the boy, "Run and find the arrows I shoot." And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
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37When the boy reached the place where Jonathan's arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, "Isn't the arrow beyond you?"
“And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad and said, is not the arrow beyond thee?”
“When the lad had come to the place where the arrow was, which Jonathan had shot. Jonathan cried out after the lad and said, is not the arrow beyond you?”
38Then Jonathan cried out, "Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!" So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.
“Jonathan cried out after the lad. Make haste. Hurry, do not delay. So Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows and came back to his master.”
39But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
“But the lad did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew of the matter.”
40Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, "Go, take it back to the city."
“And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, and carry them to the city.”
“Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, go carry them into the city.”
41When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.
“And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times. And they kissed one another and wept one with another until David”
“And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of his place toward the south and fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times to Jonathan. And they kissed one another and wept one with another until David”
“And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of the place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. And they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David”
42And Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, 'May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.'" Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
“Then Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, since we both sworn in the name of the Lord, saying, May the Lord be between you and me and between your descendants and my descendants forever. So he arose and departed and Jonathan went…”
“Jonathan said to David David go in safety. And as much as we have sworn to each other in the name of the Lord saying the Lord will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever. Then he arose and…”
“jonathan said to david go in safety in as much as we have sworn to each other in the name of the lord. Saying the lord will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants. How long? Forever. Then he rose…”
“and Jonathan said to David go in peace for as much as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord saying The Lord be between me and thee and listen and between thy seed my seed and thy seed forever. And he arose and…”